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thanks for joining us. >> sure, thank you. >> brown: hurricane sandy also devastated parts of the caribbean, including haiti, where 54 people died. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro filed a dispatch and photos from port au prince. those are on our "world" page. >> woodruff: and we turn now to syria. the newshour sent freelance video journalist toby muse there recently to see how civilians are faring. as margaret warner reports, many have become targets in the country's civil war. a warning-- some images may be disturbing. >> warner: within the walls of a secret school in northwest syria, young students are studying arithmetic, english and arabic. their wide eyes and smiles betray little of the war raging just outside in the streets of their town of al-bab and across their country. >> and what does he think of the planes when they fly overhead? >> ( translated ): he doesn't fear. >> warner: run by teachers who asked to remain anonymous, this classroom was opened just weeks ago in al-bab, a city of 120
thanks for joining us. >> sure, thank you. >> brown: hurricane sandy also devastated parts of the caribbean, including haiti, where 54 people died. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro filed a dispatch and photos from port au prince. those are on our "world" page. >> woodruff: and we turn now to syria. the newshour sent freelance video journalist toby muse there recently to see how civilians are faring. as margaret warner reports, many have become targets in the...
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that is recreational use. not just medicinal. a similar measure in oregon failed to pass. >>> more marriage, that is same sex marriage. gays can now get married in maine, washington state and get this. maryland. item. gambling. casinoes got the okay in maryland and rhode island. oregon voted no. item. death penalty. california could have it, but did not do so. >> question, are colorado and washington now on a collision course with the federal government? eleanor clift? >> i don't think so. i don't think the federal government is going to aggressively go after people who are possessing small amounts of marijuana, and i think they are going to defer to the states. the marijuana laws are changing in this country and the federal government is not going to make a cause out of criminalizing that law. that law is going to shrivel up and die. >> if you were our first female president of the united states, eleanor clift. >> yeah, i can warm to that. >> would you want to legalize marijuana for the nation? >> i think it is something that is
that is recreational use. not just medicinal. a similar measure in oregon failed to pass. >>> more marriage, that is same sex marriage. gays can now get married in maine, washington state and get this. maryland. item. gambling. casinoes got the okay in maryland and rhode island. oregon voted no. item. death penalty. california could have it, but did not do so. >> question, are colorado and washington now on a collision course with the federal government? eleanor clift? >> i...
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ifill: here at the table with us. >> ifill: here at the table with us-- where they will be all night tonight-- are syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times" columnist david brooks. mark shields, what is the path to 270, that magic total of electoral votes that somebody needs in order to become president of the united states. >> all barack obama has to do is win the states he won last time. everyone of the states that battle ground state is state he carried last time. we'll find out. last time he had advantage in a strange way. that was hillary clinton because he was able to organize in those states in the primaries and establish an organization and establish financial advantage which held him far over john mccain. but i think, you know, i think that they know these states. he's campaigned in them before. that's his strength. for mitt romney obviously it's capitalizing on the economic discontent, the economic hurt still in the country, the disappointment and the progress to recovery. >> ifill: david, what is your view? what do they each need to do? >> david: i'm focusing o
ifill: here at the table with us. >> ifill: here at the table with us-- where they will be all night tonight-- are syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times" columnist david brooks. mark shields, what is the path to 270, that magic total of electoral votes that somebody needs in order to become president of the united states. >> all barack obama has to do is win the states he won last time. everyone of the states that battle ground state is state he carried last...
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i'm going to be the one that can get us beyond that. it's two things, it's to appeal to independents. but another piece of it is the growing realization that congress is going to be divided regardless of who is elected as president and this next president has to deal with a divided government. gwen: i wonder how much of this is about economic development and the jobs numbers can play into that. people are saying they feel good about the economy even though they don't trust the president. >> i see these job numbers as basically being status quo. they can affect things in a big way. the decimal point kicked up one point but the actual job number was a little higher than forecasted. mitt romney has won the economy, not by a huge margin. generally, that's a good thing for a challenger. he's won the issue of bipartisan. i think president obama's trying to close some of that ground. but people will say that the ability to capture the center is important to them. they seem to be tilting a little bit in mitt romney's favor. those are good funda
i'm going to be the one that can get us beyond that. it's two things, it's to appeal to independents. but another piece of it is the growing realization that congress is going to be divided regardless of who is elected as president and this next president has to deal with a divided government. gwen: i wonder how much of this is about economic development and the jobs numbers can play into that. people are saying they feel good about the economy even though they don't trust the president....
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we do not have information at present that leads to us conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> ms. rice made these comments five days after intelligence reports were reporting otherwise. be that as it may, at his press conference on wednesday of this week, president obama voiced outrage with senators mccain and graham. >> when they go after the u.n. ambassador, apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me. >> mccain fired back at obama. >> if the president thinks that we are picking on people, he really does not have any idea of how serious this issue is. >> so what do senators mccain and graham want? get this. a watergate style select committee to investigate admini the benghazi attack. >> question. under the rules of the senate it only takes one senator to put a hold on a presidential nomination. so how can president obama get around this? eleanor clift. >> he doesn't need to get around anything. if he wants to nominate susan rice, he is going to do it up- front and he is going to fight for her. and lindsey graham and john mccain
we do not have information at present that leads to us conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> ms. rice made these comments five days after intelligence reports were reporting otherwise. be that as it may, at his press conference on wednesday of this week, president obama voiced outrage with senators mccain and graham. >> when they go after the u.n. ambassador, apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me. >> mccain fired...
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bertolini, thank you for being with us. and let me just start by saying, why is the fiscal cliff of such concern to you? i mean, do you -- what's the threat here? >> well, i think the big threat, judy, is that if we go off if fiscal cliff we will see negative g.d.p. in the first quarter. and when you get into a recession, american business, rldwe business, bins to make plans on how to reduce its operating costs. and that ultimately results in fewer jobs. so fewer jobs coupled with a negative g.d.p. ultimately put the economy in the wrong direction. and that's not good for anyone. >> woodruff: at the same time, i'm sure you know there's a body of thought out there that says some of the concern about the fiscal cliff is exaggerated. even if it didn't happen by january 1 that there would still be time to get things worked out that in other words this timetable is not so urgent, really. >> well, i think that's misplaced. american businesses are already planning for 2013. we take our operating budget to our board on november 29
bertolini, thank you for being with us. and let me just start by saying, why is the fiscal cliff of such concern to you? i mean, do you -- what's the threat here? >> well, i think the big threat, judy, is that if we go off if fiscal cliff we will see negative g.d.p. in the first quarter. and when you get into a recession, american business, rldwe business, bins to make plans on how to reduce its operating costs. and that ultimately results in fewer jobs. so fewer jobs coupled with a...
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excuse us. shhh-shh! >>> predictions pat? >> i think they'll get a deal and as i said the 35% will be maintained and they'll give up deductions and exemptions. >>> eleanor? the dream act will pass probably in the next year. republicans will rush to cooperate. even sean has beenty at fox says he is evolving on immigration. >>> the europeans are continuing press down the value of the euro in order to value exports to the united states and diminish u.s. exports to europe. >>> congressman jesse jackson jr. who was reelected despite not campaigning will step down and be replaced possibly by his wife or brother. >>> i
excuse us. shhh-shh! >>> predictions pat? >> i think they'll get a deal and as i said the 35% will be maintained and they'll give up deductions and exemptions. >>> eleanor? the dream act will pass probably in the next year. republicans will rush to cooperate. even sean has beenty at fox says he is evolving on immigration. >>> the europeans are continuing press down the value of the euro in order to value exports to the united states and diminish u.s. exports to...
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>> guest: the chief person at verizon to read the was a phrase that isn't used any more and they have the fiber optics but not to your home. but the companies are not wiring the whole country the way these others are. universal access, high-speed internet would lead to products and services i can't even imagine what they are but if you build it they will come and so the other countries are doing this and we are going to be left in the dust economically and the company is run to the state legislatures and they get all these little changes in the law that i tell about that say you don't have to provide service to everybody. the innocence 1913 they have the right to a telephone. five states have repealed that all. i think it's florida, alabama, texas and wisconsin. i can't tell you a single newspaper, telling me this. i've called the nafisi group's who deal with lifelong access for disabled and poor people. we didn't hear that happen. so the news media -- >> host: if you're that far away. >> guest: one of the arguments made is we don't have a monopoly made in the more we have these compe
>> guest: the chief person at verizon to read the was a phrase that isn't used any more and they have the fiber optics but not to your home. but the companies are not wiring the whole country the way these others are. universal access, high-speed internet would lead to products and services i can't even imagine what they are but if you build it they will come and so the other countries are doing this and we are going to be left in the dust economically and the company is run to the state...
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for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. >>> tonight on a second look we've been revisiting the life and career of retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. an appearance she talk about oppositions in some cases including california. >> redeveloped those, who knows all judges are nominated by the president they have to be with the advice and consent of the senate. the senate has to approve that selection by the president. now that's a further for justice. it has served our country well through the years. many states don't follow the example and they have popular elections of all their state judges. now that means that candidates run even for the state and courts in the state. and they need campaign contributions to pay for their ads and signs and all that stuff. who contributes moneys to them? it's the lawyers who are most likely to appear before them in court. now what kind of a system is that? isn't that funny. you know very well that judge representing different clients and he wants a ju
for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. >>> tonight on a second look we've been revisiting the life and career of retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. an appearance she talk about oppositions in some cases including california. >> redeveloped those, who knows all judges are nominated by the president they have to be with the advice and consent of the senate. the senate has to approve that selection by the president. now that's a further for justice. it has served...
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give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell products. we have lincoln logs. for a younger generation, "ted and bill's excellent adventure" includes lincoln. he is just one of those figures if you're selling a product that's synonymous with integrity, whether it's an automobile or insurance or a remedy for sleep deprivation. >> sreenivasan: honest abe. >> absolutely. honest abe. everyone wants lincoln on their side. almost everyone can devise a rationale to justify that. we go on debating who he is, what he really believed, and how it influences our politics and our culture to this day. >> sreenivasan: and that story is not over. >> th
give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell...
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so, can you overdo the republicans woe is us panic here? >> oh, you bet. and democrats, by the way are going to be pushing that, and this is a sound track they roll out. this is, the republicans lost because they're too extreme. first they said that back in 2008 right before they got in the 2010 mid term elections, but the problem here was not the g.o.p. agenda. the problem was romney didn't talk about that agenda much until the last month of the campaign. and as you said, the big success story for the g.o.p. continued on tuesday night is this ownership of a growing number of states in terms of the governorships, the state assemblies, the legislature, and those are governors out there running on the very things, tax cuts and spending cuts and pro growth policies voters are listening to that, they're responding by electing these people, but they have to hear the message. >> all right. jason one other thing, the youth vote. >> yes, i think that's another area where i hope the g.o.p. focus is going forward. romney lost the youth vote. these are 18 to 29 year
so, can you overdo the republicans woe is us panic here? >> oh, you bet. and democrats, by the way are going to be pushing that, and this is a sound track they roll out. this is, the republicans lost because they're too extreme. first they said that back in 2008 right before they got in the 2010 mid term elections, but the problem here was not the g.o.p. agenda. the problem was romney didn't talk about that agenda much until the last month of the campaign. and as you said, the big success...
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: after another day of violence, a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas was finally announced in cairo today. but further negotiations on key longer-term sticking points between the two sides were put off for now. egypt's foreign minister, mohammed kamel amr, announced the breakthrough with secretary of state hillary clinton at his side. >> egypt has exerted efforts and conducted intensive discussions since the renewed outbreak of hostilities in the gaza strip with all parties: the palestinian leadership, the these efforts and communications managed to reach an agreement to a ceasefire and the return of calm and halt of the violence and the bloodshed that was witnessed recently. >> the united states welcomes the agreement today for a ceasefire in gaz
bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: after another day of violence, a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas was finally announced in cairo today. but further negotiations on key longer-term sticking points between the two sides were put off for now....
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening, everyone. i'm susie gharib. from the white house to capitol hill, c.e.o.s from some of the nation's biggest companies met with the president and lawmakers, urging them to compromise on the fiscal cliff. we speak to honeywell's david cote.
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stay with us. a nor'easter bearing down on the hurricane a sandy-ravaged coast of new jersey and new york. we will bring youthe very latest. ♪ ♪ lou: a nor'easter bringing high wind and heavy snow to the east coast sennight just nine days after hurricane sandy battered the region. forecasters predicting the storm will last into tomorrow dropping 3-6 inches of sno in philadelphia, 6-12 inches of snow in southeastern new york and new england. wind gusts could reach as high as 60 miles-per-hour. major airlines grounding flights in and out of the new york region and of the storm. some communities along the jersey shore ordering mandatory acuations. alst three-quarters of a million homes and businesses remain without power. back to the election and the president's second term that could tip the political leanings of our supreme court. liberal justice, 79 years old. she could retire within the next four years. certainly not alone. conservative justice antonin scalia, the same age as the court swing v
stay with us. a nor'easter bearing down on the hurricane a sandy-ravaged coast of new jersey and new york. we will bring youthe very latest. ♪ ♪ lou: a nor'easter bringing high wind and heavy snow to the east coast sennight just nine days after hurricane sandy battered the region. forecasters predicting the storm will last into tomorrow dropping 3-6 inches of sno in philadelphia, 6-12 inches of snow in southeastern new york and new england. wind gusts could reach as high as 60...
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all of us should put that firstment we have to come up with way compromise for the good of our country. i think most of the members elected today understand that. >> that is something ben cardin said. had he thinks everyone coming back to washington understands compromise will be a key to get things done across the aisle hand in hands. it's not a republican issue or democratic issue, it's an american issue. we have to talk about jobs and the economy. . >> certainly with a fiscal slip out there. >> tax cuts end at the beginning of 2013. there is so much to deal with. . >> it's a big spank for republicans here, dan bongino lost his run. . >> kelly, it was mixed emotions here at the bwi for all the gor ri that harris had there was some heart break for bongino. and andy harris is a republican on the eastern shore of maryland, he'll be going back to congress. we talked to him ant bridging that gap between the democrats and republicans no matter how this race breaks down. he says they will try to work sdpoth bridge that gap. >> and for bongino it was a struggle, he's been in this campaign fo
all of us should put that firstment we have to come up with way compromise for the good of our country. i think most of the members elected today understand that. >> that is something ben cardin said. had he thinks everyone coming back to washington understands compromise will be a key to get things done across the aisle hand in hands. it's not a republican issue or democratic issue, it's an american issue. we have to talk about jobs and the economy. . >> certainly with a fiscal...
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that uses force randomly; they use force when they need it. they're brutal when they need to be. the number of people killed by this regime is in the tens of thousands. in one short period of time, they killed almost 4,000 political prisoners who were already serving time for other crimes. >> reporter: i asked him what the regime is afraid of. why is it so paranoid? as he put it. >> they're afraid, because they know the reality-- the iranian society doesn't want them. they, in my view, are not supported by any more than 20% to 25% of the people. it's that 20% to 25% that is taking the lion's share of the oil wealth. they are robbing the country blind. >> reporter: the dissidents' earned international recognition recently when imprisoned attorney nasrin sotoudeh and banned filmmaker jafar panahi were awarded the european parliament's prestigious sakharov prize for human rights work. the iranian government refused to let the prize winners meet with the prize sponsors. still, despite the crackdown, dissidents keep trying to change a regime that i
that uses force randomly; they use force when they need it. they're brutal when they need to be. the number of people killed by this regime is in the tens of thousands. in one short period of time, they killed almost 4,000 political prisoners who were already serving time for other crimes. >> reporter: i asked him what the regime is afraid of. why is it so paranoid? as he put it. >> they're afraid, because they know the reality-- the iranian society doesn't want them. they, in my...
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thank you for joining us. the question of whether and how governments, particularly the federal government direct tax dollars to industries was a discussion last night presidential debate and is becoming an ongoing theme in the campaign. the term on which the finance and industries have also been the focus of intense debate, but probably the most contentious example of all is the one on which diana furchtgott-roth of the manhattan to senior fellow and speaker this afternoon focuses and are tightly regulating to disaster, have green jobs policies are damaging america's economy. in fact, she subjects the assumptions and policies which led to such elevated as of now bankrupt seller paid no manufacture as well as the electric car battery manufacturer to a withering analysis, which we at the institute have come to expect from this oxford trained economist who served as chief of staff of the council of economic advisers -- sorry. during the administration of president george w. bush. while the serving direct investm
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we have before us a number of challenges as a nation. i think those challenges can be made easier or more difficult as a result of our willingness and ability to communicate the reasons why is so important we live under government that recognizes restraints on its own power, that we recognize each branch of government has its own power and shouldn't step on any other branch's power and we have got to stand up for the principle that not every power should be exercised at the national level. the more we stand for these principles, and popular as they may be, difficult to explain as they may be, i tend to believe our best days really will be ahead of us as americans. americans are smart. americans are able to recognize truth. truth resonates with the american people but in order for it to resonate it has to come from us. we have to speak it. we have to identify it. we have to identify error where we see error. this is one instance where error has occurred and i hope we won't ever shrink from the task of identifying error especially when it
we have before us a number of challenges as a nation. i think those challenges can be made easier or more difficult as a result of our willingness and ability to communicate the reasons why is so important we live under government that recognizes restraints on its own power, that we recognize each branch of government has its own power and shouldn't step on any other branch's power and we have got to stand up for the principle that not every power should be exercised at the national level. the...
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thank you for joining us. the question of whether and how government, particularly the federal government directs tax dollars to specific industries was a discussion in last night's presidential debate and has become an important and ongoing theme in the current presidential campaign. the terms by which washington assisted the finance and auto industries have been the focus of intense debate but the most contentious example of all is the one on which diana furchtgott-roth, senior fellow and speaker this afternoon focuses in her timely and important new book "regulating to disaster: how green jobs policies are damaging america's economy". in it, she subjects assumptions and policies which led to such ill-fated federal investments as that of the now bankrupt solyndra solar panel manufacturer as well as the a 123 caller battery manufacturer to a withering analysis which we at the institute have come to expect of the oxford trained economist whose chief of staff for the council of economic advisers. sorry. during
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: for the first time in four years, president obama did not have to worry about re-election today. still, there was little time to savor tuesday's victory, in the face of a potential fiscal crisis at the end of the year. "newshour" correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage on this day after the election of 2012. >> reporter: mr. obama departed his hometown of chicago this afternoon for washington, his home for another four years. waiting for him: a still- divided congress now facing a critical lame duck session. the president made it clear in his victory speech last night that he thinks the country wants an end to gridlock. >> tonight, you voted for action, not politics as usual. ( applause ) you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. and in t
bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: for the first time in four years, president obama did not have to worry about re-election today. still, there was little time to savor tuesday's victory, in the face of a potential fiscal crisis at the end of the year....
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. death toll from the giant storm named sandy has risen to at least 63 today. about 6.5 million homes and businesses are still without electricity though there were signs of daily life returning to its usual rhythm in some places. a familiar sound returned to lower manhattan streets last night. ( horns honking ) the power did not. police helped direct traffic with signals still dark, but one taxi driver said it wasn't worth the risk. >> it's been dangerous. i've got to go home, i'll walk. there's no traffic signal light, no nothing there. >> woodruff: you're going home? you're done? >> i'm done already. >> woodruff: it wasn't much easier for pedestrians who made their way on foot, some with only flashlights leading the way. >> it's really unset
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stay with us. before we leave you this evening here is a preview of tomorrow night's program: a look at where america is and where it's going. joining me, tom friedman, david brooks, tom brokaw, john meacham and amy gutman. >> i'm take within amy's comment that we've been campaigning in fiction and i would say extremely short fiction. it's been small and short. and so i guess the first thing i would do is i'd say you've got to draw a line between what we've been through and what we're about to go through. you have to make a clear statement that the election is past, i'm going to talk in a very different way, i'm going to talk in a much bigger way, i'm going to say we have three big problems, we have the debt problem, we have a growth problem, we have an inequality problem. they cross cut against each other and we're going to face this cliff pretty soon and so i'm going to do -- either what i didn't do or what president obama didn't do in the last four years, i'm going to lay out a plan. here it is,
stay with us. before we leave you this evening here is a preview of tomorrow night's program: a look at where america is and where it's going. joining me, tom friedman, david brooks, tom brokaw, john meacham and amy gutman. >> i'm take within amy's comment that we've been campaigning in fiction and i would say extremely short fiction. it's been small and short. and so i guess the first thing i would do is i'd say you've got to draw a line between what we've been through and what we're...
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i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. ishares. 9 out of 10 large, professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. introducing the ishares core, etfs for the heart of your portfolio. taefficient and low cost building blocks to help you keep more of what you earn. call your advisor. visit ishares.com. ishares. yeah, ishares. ishares by blackro. call 1-800-ishes for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. lou: we're back, you were telling me a story about the poor black folks. >> poor black folks. neil: that is what were saying. lou: someone was was -- >> saying he is aikennian. lou: you are talking about president of the united states, someone is south chicago talking about the being legittize. what do i do? >> this is voter is up recession, -- seppression. >> this is ridiculous. lou: there was a conspiracy. >> we had. a demographic shift. 72% of electorate was white, mitt romney outperformed everyone. this is a changing country,
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he was using some colorful language. >> we're using women. >> he's the moderate? i mean he's saying that. >> you're going to get a center right republican. you're not going to get a center republican. >> i spoke to lindsey graham today. i think that's exactly where his head is. i know we talked about latinos and immigration. i talked about it with two or three. we're going to see a more vocal moderate republicans. i think folks like jeb bush is in the middle of writing an immigration book. >> is there a new star born in the republican party with a new senator from texas? >> is that possible? >> he got elected by calling him a moderate. >> i'm not saying he's a moderate. >> he is incredibly smart. we already have some stars. hosanna martinez is not a star that doesn't get mentioned enough. >> can any of these people get elected? you had governor romney going to the right of where he had originally been. if that's where the rest of the party is -- >> they couldn't get elected this year. they couldn't get elected today but i think we'll have a conversation about this
he was using some colorful language. >> we're using women. >> he's the moderate? i mean he's saying that. >> you're going to get a center right republican. you're not going to get a center republican. >> i spoke to lindsey graham today. i think that's exactly where his head is. i know we talked about latinos and immigration. i talked about it with two or three. we're going to see a more vocal moderate republicans. i think folks like jeb bush is in the middle of writing...
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she got talked into pay three time the value of a used car by a car salesmen. wells fargo financed the deal. she would have paid $30,000 for a $6,000 car with interest. she got pregnant and went on disable. she tried to give the car back and thigh want. wells fargo said we're going to take your house. and under the agreement you -- buy an appliance you give up your right to sue and are put into arbitration. they have all the cards. if you go to arbitration you might do that once in your live. but the ash iters know it's the bank and the car dealer and the other companies they come to you every day, and this is called repeat player problem. they have an economic interest in making happy the people you're up against because they're going to hire them again and a again. two law students at american university, took the case, creatively ran with it. ultimately the woman didn't have to pay and wells fargo paid damage. what did wells fargo say to the single mother? we'll take your house, and all of this is because of the 1925 federal arbitration act, which probably n
she got talked into pay three time the value of a used car by a car salesmen. wells fargo financed the deal. she would have paid $30,000 for a $6,000 car with interest. she got pregnant and went on disable. she tried to give the car back and thigh want. wells fargo said we're going to take your house. and under the agreement you -- buy an appliance you give up your right to sue and are put into arbitration. they have all the cards. if you go to arbitration you might do that once in your live....
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on done no fadia feel free to make use of the one who can use the trigger on the most reliable income of the twentieth century. legend. on kalashnikov's. world. science technology innovation called the list of melons from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture . the are all. going to. get along. quite bold colors are my. private. parts are. coming up. welcome back to crossfire computable remind you we're talking about u.s. politics after obama's victory. ok rachel i'd like to go back to you in paris and what's going to happen with the g.o.p. moving forward because it seems to me that you know i i think most people who watch this program know my politics ok and i disagree with a lot with romney had to say but there's some other issues on the economy that you know make perfect sense here but it's really what hurt him is
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and that's now up to us. and that's hard. i understand that. and nobody feels that burden more than i do. chris: you can imagine him with sasha suspect malia at bedtime thinking about -- and malia at bedtime thinking about that but you don't hear him talk about that. >> he doesn't talk about the ethnic piece and historic nature of his election. it's a stratjirk thing and part of the way that you have to run as an african-american trying to be president of the whole united states. and i think that african-americans are so personally deeply invested in this man that he doesn't really have to say it. it goes without saying. chris: so the personal hurt here will be profound. >> i think the personal hurt will be profound with either. and i think more so probably with the president. >> it's interesting -- chris: let's talk about romney. is it a big deal this thing? i'm not -- most people aren't interested in what son feels, his father, just a personal story. >> it is a personal story. the thing about both of these candidates and you look at romney ta
and that's now up to us. and that's hard. i understand that. and nobody feels that burden more than i do. chris: you can imagine him with sasha suspect malia at bedtime thinking about -- and malia at bedtime thinking about that but you don't hear him talk about that. >> he doesn't talk about the ethnic piece and historic nature of his election. it's a stratjirk thing and part of the way that you have to run as an african-american trying to be president of the whole united states. and i...
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they can use fax, i'm. i don't know exactly how that's going to work, but at least they're going to try. >> yeah. >> reporter: back to you. >> jim clancy for us in belmar. jim, thank you. >>> feminist icon gloria steinem says it could be lost tuesday night. the stakes and the victims next. >>> but first as we head down the home stretch of the presidential campaign, we wanted to look at the closest races in election history. we're not talking vote counts or parjs. just electoral votes since that's what decides presidential elections. here's our top four list. george w. bush and al gore. the closest race. the disputed florida vote went bush's way giving him the win by just five electoral votes. numb beer three, it's three. 1796 john adams became our second president with a narrow win over thomas jefferson. adams served two terms before jefferson became the third president. after the break, the two closest races. the best light. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount o
they can use fax, i'm. i don't know exactly how that's going to work, but at least they're going to try. >> yeah. >> reporter: back to you. >> jim clancy for us in belmar. jim, thank you. >>> feminist icon gloria steinem says it could be lost tuesday night. the stakes and the victims next. >>> but first as we head down the home stretch of the presidential campaign, we wanted to look at the closest races in election history. we're not talking vote counts or...
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that that he's done a saying stellar about the economic situation in the united states in fact he's used taxpayer money to try to bail them out of that situation really not to much avail but i think the fact that the entire world is with the exception of maybe canada and a couple of other countries that have managed to weather the storm fairly well i think the fact that everybody else is an equally as bad of shape has really played in his favor and. mitt romney it's just he was no we're all right in the sense that ronald reagan everybody thought and there were a lot of media. commentators who are arguing that mitt romney given the state of the economy could be another reagan carter where ronald reagan was able to beat jimmy carter in a poor economic climate and the reason that didn't happen and the reason why mitt romney really was no ronald reagan is because ron reagan connected with voters he was an actor he had that ability to even you know even though he. might not understand or or voters might not be able to connect with his his life style ronald reagan's life style i mean obviously
that that he's done a saying stellar about the economic situation in the united states in fact he's used taxpayer money to try to bail them out of that situation really not to much avail but i think the fact that the entire world is with the exception of maybe canada and a couple of other countries that have managed to weather the storm fairly well i think the fact that everybody else is an equally as bad of shape has really played in his favor and. mitt romney it's just he was no we're all...
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for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. >> tell me something i don't know. >> i think that on november 7, the election will not be over. we're going to have an overtime election and you may have more florida-style recounts. chris: i don't know what to say about that. >> if knit romney wins the split within the republican party, the divisions, will come out into the open. there will be open warfare among republicans, conservatives, who have been zipping their mouths while moderate mitt has emerged. chris: yeah. >> and start to challenge him. immediately. >> wisconsin is becoming the financial and ideological heart of the republican party and the conservative movement. if romney loses, a lot of that money, bradley foundation, bigger than the colt brothers, spending more money. a lot of that money goes to ryan and ryan in 2016 will come in with ideological and financial support. chris: i don't think he's shown much in this campaign. >> moving ton 2014. the -- on to 2014. the democrats are desperate to
for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. >> tell me something i don't know. >> i think that on november 7, the election will not be over. we're going to have an overtime election and you may have more florida-style recounts. chris: i don't know what to say about that. >> if knit romney wins the split within the republican party, the divisions, will come out into the open. there will be open warfare among republicans, conservatives, who have been zipping their mouths while...